entrained

Definition of entrainednext
past tense of entrain
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Verb
  • The Puntland official said nine pirates boarded and took control of the vessel.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Buses can be boarded near the Parque Francisco Cantón Rosado and run hourly from Tuesday to Sunday.
    Regina Zumarraga, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The icy wanderer has now entered the field of view of the sun-facing Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument mounted on the joint ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft (SOHO), offering us a unique way to follow the comet's journey.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But home builders, supply advocates and some lawmakers have mounted strong opposition to the section.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Buses of fans turned up, and paparazzi swarmed and in one case kept jumping in front of the camera and the shot and got in a kerfuffle with crew.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Dennis got in touch with Firstenberg and, during the pandemic, tracked down a 35-millimeter copy of the film in South Africa.
    Stephen Silver, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Entrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrained. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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